Ready to make a real difference? Put your love for the environment to work with this interdisciplinary program. The minor in restoration ecology is your chance to gain hands-on experience healing ...

The American landscape has undergone tremendous alteration and devastation; 90 percent or more of its prairies, wetlands, and virgin forests have been consumed by development. And now many parts of ...

Schoolchildren and teacher scattering seeds in restored prairie, 1991. (Photo by William F. Campbell/Getty Images) In her new book, Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration, environmental ...

New research indicates that restoration of peatlands can result in climate mitigation within just a few decades. In Finland, ...

Oyster reefs provide essential coastal ecosystem services, acting as natural breakwaters, enhancing water quality via filtration and supporting biodiversity through complex habitat structures. Over ...

Imagine you’re sitting in your living room on a quiet evening with your family reading a book, when suddenly, complete strangers let themselves in your front door. If that wasn’t enough of a shock, ...

Ecologists have shown that efforts to restore prairies can have vastly different outcomes in terms of their biodiversity and functionality when the only variable is the year a prairie is planted.

1. Species-rich grasslands are highly endangered habitats in Central Europe. To halt their ongoing loss, many sites have become subjects of restoration efforts. Traditionally, restoration success is ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Driving back to Colorado State University with a van full of students after a day of working to heal some beat-up land north of Fort Collins, I wondered: ...

“While our carbon-focused commitment is an easily measured and time-bound goal, we acknowledge that carbon is just one lens of the multi-faceted nature of the climate crisis. As we engage with the ...

"Society for Ecological Restoration International"--Cover. STRI copy Purchased from the Cullman Endowment. LIst of virtual field trips -- pt. I. Why we restore -- 1. Overview -- 2. Values and ...

Can we repair some of the damage humans have done to ecosystems and biodiversity? Ecological restoration seeks to do just that, and restoration ecology is the science that underpins it. Aa Aa Aa ...